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Managing of antifouling paints following the new Biocidal Product Regulation (BPR): a new running for products affecting the marine environment

DOI: 10.12910/EAI2014-51

Francesca Carfì, Roberto Carletti, Stefano Castelli, Federica Ceccarelli

Biocidal products in antifouling paints, used for protecting boat hulls from the unwanted accumulation of micro-organisms, plants, and animals on artificial surfaces (marine biological fouling), constitute a potential risk for the marine environment because of the presence, among other potentially toxic components, of organic compounds in their formulation, acting as biocide.
Due to their intrinsic properties and uses, biocidal products may pose health risks and be harmful to the environment. It is therefore crucial to ensure that only safe biocidal products are placed on the market. To this aim in the latest years several European directives and regulations have come into force

Francesca Carfì, Stefano Castelli - ENEA, Technical Unit for Environmental Technologies
Roberto Carletti - ENEA, Technical Unit for the Development of Application of Radiation
Federica Ceccarelli - Technical expert on biocides
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